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So far, this book has been devoted to developing an understanding of the consumption of bandwidth resources related to VoIP systems. As important as this resource is, numerous other factors determine the price that the VoIP user would pay. This chapter reviews those factors and shows how they influence pricing. The first few sections of the chapter discuss the characteristics of information and the economics of information networks in general. The chapter then presents a model of the legacy network and identifies how the network is continuing to evolve to accommodate needs of VoIP service offerings. A path leading toward a potential integration of the legacy network and the Internet is indicated as well.
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Verma, P.K., Wang, L. (2011). The Economics of VoIP Systems. In: Voice over IP Networks. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 71. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14330-4_9
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